Special Seminar for Students: Spotlight on Darfur - Ending the Genocide
Jerry Fowler, President, Save Darfur Coalition
March 12, 2009
Since early 2003, Sudanese government soldiers and their proxy militia, known as Janjaweed, have fought rebel groups in the western region of Darfur. In a genocide campaign that lasted from 2003 to 2005, as many as 200,000 civilians died from violence, disease, and starvation. Since 2003, thousands of women have been raped and more than 2.7 million have been driven from their homes, their villages burned and property stolen. Although rebel groups have contributed to the region's insecurity, many feel the Sudanese government bears primary responsibility for the danger to civilians. What are the broader implications of this regional conflict? What is being done within the international community to help put an end to the genocide? How are Americans becoming involved to help Darfur?
Special Seminar for Students: Spotlight on Darfur - Ending the Genocide
Jerry Fowler, President, Save Darfur Coalition
March 12, 2009
Since early 2003, Sudanese government soldiers and their proxy militia, known as Janjaweed, have fought rebel groups in the western region of Darfur. In a genocide campaign that lasted from 2003 to 2005, as many as 200,000 civilians died from violence, disease, and starvation. Since 2003, thousands of women have been raped and more than 2.7 million have been driven from their homes, their villages burned and property stolen. Although rebel groups have contributed to the region's insecurity, many feel the Sudanese government bears primary responsibility for the danger to civilians. What are the broader implications of this regional conflict? What is being done within the international community to help put an end to the genocide? How are Americans becoming involved to help Darfur?
This program was a collaboration between The World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh, the Pittsburgh Emergency Darfur Coalition, and the Save Darfur Coalition. If you would like to learn more, or become involved with local action for Darfur, please contact info@pittsburghdarfur.org
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